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Nokia Demo Their Explore and Share Super Speedy Wireless Transfer Device

by Jay Garrett on February 28, 2010

Nokia are working on a super swift wireless data transfer technology that they’ve dubbed: Explore and Share.

Nok’s Helsinki branch of their Research Center took the concept for an outing at a Nokia Store where Jyri Hämäläinen presents an impressive show and tell.

In the video he walks you through a live example of how it can be used, including wirelessly transferring a Bruce Springsteen album onto a phone in less than 10 seconds.

As Jyri explains, it could be used to fill a device you’ve just bought with stacks of apps, tunes, and the likes within minutes of purchasing your new Nok.

Explore and Share is based on new radio technology and as you’ll see in the vid the system comes in two parts – the ‘writer’ which you place your mobile on and a touchscreen monitor where you make all your choices.

The neat thing is that the writer will automatically recognise which device has been plonked on it and will offer a customised selection for you based on the handsets capabilities and possibly your previous purchases.

Watch and marvel at the 10 second album transfer:

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Breathing and Shape-Shifting Mobile Phones Shown off

by Jay Garrett on February 1, 2010

How do you feel about having a mobile phone that pulses with a heartbeat or rises and falls as if calmly breathing in your pocket?

Nah, me neither – that would just be too freaky.

But Fabian Hemmert does have some less creepy ideas when it comes to shape-shifting blowers.

In the video below he talks through his prototypes that he presented at his TEDxBerlin talk in November last year.

One of his designs is a phone that can get thicker on any of its four corners, and another that can shift its center of gravity so that they’re easier to handle.

I think it would be kinda neat to have a status bar that could get physically heavier as it gets weighed down with icons :)

I also dig the idea of rotating a phone into landscape mode and it altering itself so that it makes itself into a kickstand.

Watch, be amazed and slightly baffled at the video below.

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Nokia London Flagship Store To Close Before its Second Birthday

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Finnish flagship presence on Regent Street is due to close after only opening in February 2008.
A familiar trend in these times of the crunch, the store is closing for the same reason most stores are closed: it’s not paying for itself.
A Nokia spokeswomen declared that it’s “not been as efficient or as profitable” as [...]

Pixie Lott Fronts Illuvial Range – Feminine Nokias

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Illuvial, Nokia 6700 Illuvial and the Nokia 6303 Illuvial are being flung into the Christmas market and I’m guessing that they’re aimed squarely at the lovely ladies
This guess is purely based on the knowledge that there Illuvial editions are coloured in shades of purple and pink, with themed wallpapers, “floral [...]

Sony Ericsson’s Revolutionary Smart Earphones – Changing Music Forever?

September 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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Hmmm…. remember last week and the bragging from Sony Ericsson about their gadget that will “change music forever”?
Prepare to be underwhelmed – I did warn you.
It turns out that the revolutionary product is the autoplay headphones but now they have a name: the MH907 Motion Activated Headphones.
They are pretty clever to give SE some [...]

Unboxing the Nokia 7705 Twist – Square, Twisty and Groovy

September 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m a sucker for quirky designs and especially over-design.
And, although it’s not as high in the WTF? stakes I still dig the square looks of the Nokia 7705 Twist.
Check out the video below and not at least find it kinda groovy.
Ok, it’s not the smartest smartphone with its 3MP camera and even though it does [...]

Nokia Booklet 3G Released

August 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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As predicted here back in February Nokia has just dropped a brand new netbook.
The Nokia Booklet 3G has now become official and will be out real soon and, as you’ve probably guessed from the name, it’s got mobile broadband.
The Nokia Booklet 3G is powered by an Atom processor and will be running Windows – [...]

Hands-On With the LG BL40 Chocolate Widescreen Mobile

August 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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You’ve seen the official pictures but now those Russian bloogers over at Mobile.Mail.ru have gotten their sticky little paws all over that slab of LG Chocolatey goodness!
More pictures and a hands-on testing.
Well?
What are you waiting for?
You wanna know more?
Click over to the Mobile.mail.ru website of joy!

Leather and Felt Phone – The Feutrefon by Matthias Pugin

July 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is the rather groovy Feutrefon concept phone designed by Matthias Pugin.
Pugin came up with a stylish phone that removes the ugly joints to present your eyeballs with a sleek mobile phone that’s constructed primarily from leather and felt – hence the name: “Feltphone” or “FeutrePhone”.
I’m not sure if there are any other production devices [...]